I was reading the New Yorker, November 9h 2009 issue that features walking among autumn leaves on the cover. Inside is a radically different illustration of animals in slaughter as it is that time of year in...
Maybe I do not follow the international restaurant scene enough, I thought after reading about London based architect turned restaurateur Fergus Henderson and his Perfect Weekend digs.I did not know know the guy or his "nose to tail" eating-cooking philosophy which he couched...
A biochemistry and cell biology institute in Shanghai declared that they have succeeded in changing cells from pigs into embryonic-like stem cells.The scientists at the institute claim that the cells were capable...
"Britain will be totally vegetarian within this century" In a move to ensure our Earth is free and safe, Governments around the world are taking steps to eradicate meat. British parliament are taking serious...
Egypt has begun the slaughter of up to 350,000 pigs in an effort to stop the spread of swine flu. The cull, mandated by Health Minister Hatem el-Gabali, is going ahead despite the fact that there have been no cases...
Swine flu, a virus that carries genes from North American swine, bird and human flu strains, also known as A (H1N1), and rarely infects humans, is actually thought to be responsible for dozens of deaths in Mexio...
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A Day of Blogging for Justice: Standing Up AgainstPolice Pre-Trial Electrocution - April 24, 2009Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog and Electrocuted While Black.. When I first proposed renaming "tasering" "police pre-trial electrocution and execution", some...
opinion by francislholland | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago 85 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Animal rights group PETA protested earlier today outside Jamie Oliver's London restaurant 'Fifteen', as they said the celebrity chef's encouragement of people to buy British pork rather than cheaper pork is still the...
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We know about Dengue Fever, West Nile Virus and Lyme Disease - but have you heard of Leishmaniasis Disease, Chagas Disease and/or Chikungunya Virus? Probably not, unless you've been to places outside of the U.S....
opinion by Swan | 37 wks ago 501 views | 16 recommendations | 6 comments
A major advertising campaign for British pork has been banned from further use for misleading the public with claims of ‘very high welfare’ following a complaint made by Compassion in World Farming. The Pigs...
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Kate Moss hit 35 with a star studded house party at her London home. The preparations saw many dead animals taken into the Moss household. A whole dead pig on a spit, a deer's head, a tiger skin and stuffed birds...
The Irish pork scare may have contaminated livestock in the United Kingdom, according to new reports. Some of the contaminated pork from the Republic of Ireland may have been given to cattle in Northern Ireland,...
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There is a minor storm brewing in the pork industry over the recent revelations that samples of inspected pork sold in supermarkets revealed the presence of MRSA. MRSA is a variant of the...
Pig organs have for a long time been seen as a possibly beeing able to be used as in humans but rejection has been a problem. Now scientists have announced that using genetically modified pigs bred specifically...
Since mid-October one hundred painted fibreglass pigs have been scattered around the historic city of Bath. They were created by sculptor Alan Dun and each one painted by a different artist including Peter Blake...